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On 6 May 2006 21:51:48 GMT, Jim Yanik wrote:

No he hasn't;look at how many people swallow several or more condoms filled
with illegal drugs in order to smuggle them into the US,at the request of
foreign drug cartels.One can probably carry more drugs externally than
internally.

This is getting stupid now. Why would someone swallow condoms full of
drugs if they are sneaking in? That is a trick they use to go through
CUSTOMS, usually at the airport.

And I still argue that the quantity of drugs involved in moving PEOPLE
across the border illegally is a drop in the bucket compared to the
total traffic in drugs. Why take the risk of having a significant
amount of it lost, confiscated, contaminated, when it is FAR easier to
bring the stuff in on airplanes, boats, in trucks, in cargo containers,
etc. in LARGE quantities, i.e. hundreds of pounds to thousands of pounds
at a time.

Areas that have HIGH influx of illegals moving thru the area DO have
problems, there is no disagreement there. Many of the houses in
downtown Brownsville have iron grilles over the windows to keep out the
thirsty, hungry, desperate folks that manage to wade across the river
undetected by the US Border Patrol. This is repeated in almost all the
border towns that lie next to the US/Mexican border. Until they can get
to their eventual destination, life is miserable and very very risky.
Yes, farmers have problems with lost cattle and trash.

This is true however for transients all over. In the big cities we have
the folks who sleep under bridges, scrounge for cans to sell to
recyclers, beg for money from passerby. Few of these are immigrants,
these are desperate, largely home grown folks who have fallen on
horrible circumstances. Stores and homes near where these folks spend
most of their time have problems with missing/stolen items, foul odors,
trash, and unsightly messes.